(a) If the district acquires stations, facilities, and passenger equipment owned or leased by the Department of Transportation for the passenger rail service provided by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company between San Francisco and San Jose and points in between, and if the district acquires from the Department of Transportation the right-of-way between San Francisco and San Jose presently owned by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the district may own, operate, construct, manage, and maintain rights-of-way, stations, facilities, and equipment necessary for the operation of rail passenger and freight services between San Francisco and Alma and points in between, and may contract with any railroad corporation for the purchase of, or to subsidize, service between San Francisco and Alma and points in between. Upon completion of the conditions specified in subdivision (a) of § 14035.4 of the Government Code, the district may provide commuter rail service between San Jose and Gilroy.

(b) Any assets transferred from the Department of Transportation to the district without compensation shall be transferred with all attendant obligations, liabilities, debts, and grant conditions established by the department, including Urban Mass Transportation Administration grants and sale and leaseback contracts.

Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 160006

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • district: means the Peninsula Rail Transit District. See California Public Utilities Code 160001
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Public Utilities Code 10

(Amended (as added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434) by Stats. 1989, Ch. 922, Sec. 3. Section conditionally operative as prescribed by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1434, Sec. 11.)